TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. I m;njiANGoxa. I omuiay.—,uiouier messenger has just arrived from tlie J.achlan diggings, and reports that four more payable holes Jinvo been bottomed at this Lachlan, making n'ino in all. J ho produce ir coarse gold, and fair prospects. There is another rush four miles from Lambing Flat j hundreds go mere to-morrow. The escoit to.morrow takes 20JO ozs. gold.— L., Oct. 2.'J. MEMIOUUNR. Monday, S p.m.— The Pirate, steamer, from Otngo, is (jtranded on tho Tnsmaira ooasts all hands saved. The inciffind^/^a: 'aS SnileJ Witrr)lrr °ar6° for Tuesday Kyening.-At Ikllarat, yesterday, Costclln nnd others were indicted for conspiracy in the case of the Mornington election. They were found guilty, but sen. nnep was deferred, and their bail was rpnewed.'Mr.Evans Jias been returned for Maryborough, by a majority of GS. I he nssoinbly met tliis evening. The treasurer will make Ins financial statement on Tuesday.— E,, Oct. 23. Wednesday. 7 p.m.— The budget is promised for Tups. ca...

! An O'.viT.r.AswT Ukditm.i.ow. ?— Slurilv afi.ir Mr. ? mickluy, ot the P.iters.in, had, on a recent evcnitit;, l.iid ; himself down upon his bod to iv.st i.l'ter tho we.iry laliiiuc.-i - of tho day, hu became u'Misimhus th.tt his coueli was shared ; by a straiiKur, who mide hi-i presence known bv rustlini; ! thi-oUKh the blankets in a way not by any moans' likely tu ' promoty the slumlurs of Mr. ISu-ilik-y/whn «ot up and ; strUi-K a li^ht, in ordor that lie m:«ht Imvo a 1'iir view of his coinpimiou. O.i uiu.iveriiis the be.l, Mr. Ducklry was not a little linrriticd on diseoverin;; a black cn:iko be tween'live and six feet Ioiir, whose eaiver \w s.miii brout;ht to a close with a farming implement.— linsign, Oct. 'Jj. Tin: Stath oi- Tin; Chops in tiih JJistiuct.— The wheat crops in the greater part of this district have, up to the present time, preserved a very healthy appcaranus ; Ibis applied mnrc -particularly to the foHowiii; luealites :— Wnllombi llrook, Glcmlim llrook, Falbrouk...

MAm.AND. fiioM a f!)iuti:si'o:-i-i:NT. j I'at.u. Acciiihst. — At Wust Maitl.-intl, on S.itur- , diiy last, a child of llifi Rev. Mr. Luuu's was se verely burnt, by h«r clothes igniting whilst playing with lucifi-r m:i!c!ics, dining tin; nhk'iicu of her p i rciils. 1 umk'/st.ind that the pool- little creature up- '. pfiirc.i uj ik' proj,Ti.'H:ii:i{j i.ivouniuiy up to WOilnes d.iy evening, hut am sorry to say tlmt death put un ! I end to her suill'rii^-! bsl'o o Thursiliiy morning. I ? | uncK'i'stiind that slu h.-id been very ill for some time j previously, which no doubt helped to accelerate her ( j tintiiii'jly end. ! ! Tiik W i:\Tiir.!!. — Dni-iti.tr tho past week the wen ! lhi;r at West Mnitluud lias uulmi very cliang.Niblo. ! On Moud.iy and Tiiesday it was very hot imd op 1 pressive, but on Wednesday we had' every npp-ar- ; ? mice of ruin, and jU» on Thursday, but inn sjitv to j sav that tho rain only c.j'i.-iistiul nf a few drops' on j ; Wednesday night. It has now (Tlmriil.iy e...

OTAGO. Tim iblJowinp: letter from llio spuciul tMirres pnndcal of the Sydney Herald, appciired in that journal of the* 'i?,:w\ instnnl : — October il.— Much that is alike, and much that is mark edly ilillerent, are to be observed between Dmiiden of the pit-scut day and Melbourne nine years ago. The same pro ducing cause has occasioned a similar feverish excitement, hike in Melbourne, the town is overlliwiug with fresh arri vals, the hotels arc oveverov.dcd, every available place is conveit.'d into a boarding-house or restaurant ; the stores and other places ol business have more to dr- iimu iney can mairige, the landing and wharfage accommodation is inad equate to tho cimstantly-inerfaiiiiiR demand on it. Fabu lous prices are asked lor sites of land and frail paltry ten ements, and the whole scene is one picture of irregularity, confusion, and discord. Hut, as [ have s.id, there are markedly distinctive features. There arc not the wild pro fusion, the reckless dissipation, the utter...

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLf. [ The assembly met at twenty minutes past three p.m. ' In answer to Mr. Dangar, Mr. Arnold said that it was not customary for the public departments to pay cash for Hie transmission of telegrams ; that tho amount was ccrti. iied at tho time by the government officer transmitting the message, and then charged at the treasury— but that private i telegrams were paid for in cash only. In answer to the same lion, member, Mr. Cowper stated that the party of police present at the volunteer review in tho domain were sent on the requisition of the inspecting : field officer, and that instructions for the occasion were ; given by the military authorities. Mr. Buchanan gave notice of a resolution for tbe aboli. (ion of stale aid to religion. ' The Ouvenior'B message conveying the estimates was ' received, nnd, on the motion of Mr. Wcekcs, the house went '? into committee, and passed certain items providing for the salary and eiitiiblishiiicnt of tho Governor, and for tho ...

CORONER'S INQUEST. i '? An inquest was commenced by the coroner, on Wed nesday, at the Bunk Hotel, on the body of William ' Samuel Allen, a young child, who was drowned on the same day. A jury having been sworn, and ? viewed the body, evidence as to the cause of death ' ' was taken. The first witness called was ( Thomas Miles, who said : Inma plasterer j between three i. and four o'clock this evening I heard a woman screaming j i tfoe was on the A. A. Company's line ; I ran over and took fihe child out of Mrs. Cameron's arms; the child had its ^ dothes on, which were quite wet ; I brought the child into Mrs. Cameron's house; the child appeared to be nlivo; thought I felt the child breathing ; I took the child in and ?'laid it on the table ; I laid it on its face and commenced i»li) tub its back ; a doctor was sent far; after two or three W ' 'initiutes the doctor came; when the doctor came the clothes t irere stripped off the child ; the child was put into blankets I. ind rolled; th...

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CALIFORNIA. We (Herald) aro indebted to Captain Roullier, | of the Edmund Wulfram, for Californian papers I to the 24th of August, being ten days later than ^ previous advices. Adverting to the great fall in tho prices of \ Californian wheat, and speculating on the supply nnd demand iu the United Slates, tho Stockton Independent, of the 20tb, remarks : — Wo do not remeinDer me time wnen wiiean was so iow as it \ is now in California. Iu this market, yesterday, ] the quotations were I dollar to 1 dollar 25 ceuts j per 100 lbs.; and our despatch from San Fran- I ciseo the evening before gave tho prices at 1 dallar 5 cents to 1 dollar 25 cents, or the smallest fraction over an average, price of CO cents per bushel. It is scarcely necessary to add that such rates arc ruinous to farmers who aro compelled to dispose of their crops. Even with tho best improved machinery for cutting and threshing, 60 cents a bushel will hardly pay the farmers of Pennsylvania, Ohio, or Illinois, where farm l...

COLONIAL EXTRACTS. Coal at CoriER.UNE, Victoria. — The Ham ilton Spectator says, we bad some interesting particulars from a gentleman residing near Col eraine, concerning the indications which the country in that district presents of rich deposits of coal; be describes evidences of the seam as unmistakeably clear about three miles north of the WannoD, running south by west for a dis fnnna r\T nrnirln fiftnnn rniloa nnrl in mftllV nnrts nearly 2k miles broad. The bole which ha9 been partially sunk by subscriptions from the people of Portland, is now 90 feet Jeep, but from eoine unascertained cause deserted, and nearly half full of water, the upper stratum is a kind of red sandstone, and tho lower a rotten slate in which seams have already been discovered, vary ing from 3 to 9 inches. Those parties who have been at work are so sanguine of success, that but for insufficient means they would be glad pri vately, to prosecute their search, the more so as they have been assured by some old...

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. Friday, October 25. The legislative assembly met at half-past '? three p.m. - Mr. Buchanan, on the ground of privilege, ', alluding to a petition in the matter of the i Maitland and Morpeth railway bill, lately ! referred to the committee thereon, and relying j on tho practice of the House of Commons, j moved the reference of tho petition to a se- I lect committee, with instructions to expunge j nil crmrimic sirnintiirps. Aftfir snmo disCUS- ! sion, the petition was referred to the standing ; orders committee. Mr. Rotton gave notico of a contingent motion on the estimates, against the railway policy of the government. Mr. Hart prosented two petitions to the same effect, the one from inhabitants of the Bathurst district, the other from the chairman ? of n public meeting lately held in Bntliurst. ' Mr. Piddington presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Morpeth, Newcastle, I nnd their vicinity, praying a limitation of the ! dividends of the Maitland and M...

The success that lias so far attended the attempt to form a School of Arts has served amply to refute the charge of want of interest in such an undertaking, that, when the pro posal was first mooted a month back, a num ber of persons wished to fasten upon the public of Newcastle. One institution of a similar nature had already died away, after but a brief existence, and an effort which had been subsequently made to reanimate it had utterly failed. It is idle now to consider what the causes of these failures were. They were pointed out when a fresh endeavour to form an institution of this kind was first spoken of, but persons were by no means unanimous in agreeing as to the reasons of previous failures, but, on the contrary, shewed a con siderable amount of diversity of opinion on the subject. We were happy, however, to observe that the promoters of the present undertaking were determined to ignore the past, and to make a fresh start for the future, confident that the people of Newca...